Canada will reopen Parents and Grandparents Program January 28
IRCC will resume first-in, first-served approach to processing expressions of interest.
Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program will reopen to interested sponsors beginning on January 28, the federal government announced today.
The program, known as the PGP, allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents over the age of 18 to sponsor their parents and/or grandparents for Canadian permanent residence.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says up to 20,000 new PGP applications will be processed in 2019.
Anyone hoping to sponsor their parents and/or grandparents through the PGP will have to first complete an online Interest to Sponsor form, which will be made available at noon Eastern Standard Time on January 28.
